Providence Sex Offender Failed To Register: Cops

PROVIDENCE, RI — A Providence sex offender was charged with failing to register.

Jose Torrez, 54, was arrested shortly before 7 p.m. Christmas Eve, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

"The arrest was the result of troopers responding to Harrington Hall for reports of a wanted person," the release said.

Torrez was processed at the Lincoln Woods Barracks and "turned over to the Providence Police Department," according to the release.

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